[2022] What to see in 2023?

Can you explain what you meant with this? How is Bearn considered an outlier?

The fighters are extremely tanky, but the pilots in those fighters only have a view range of 2km. If the plane itself is 2.1km from a Battleship with massive Air Detect, they do not see it.

So, you're saying the ability to place fighters directly over a high value target is oppressive because the fighters will require an inordinate amount of time to shoot down if the ship being hovered is unable to move?

Setting a Patrol Fighter to Patrol an area is not griefing a DD. It's using a consumable to stake a claim on a map position. Standard Fighters have very little health, but the Bearns Fighters are low visibility/high health which does make them uniquely capable for the task you are describing.

I don't think the expanded radius alters the actual flight pathing of the planes.

You may have missed this thread where a lot of topics were discussed: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/255211-cvs-in-ranked/?do=findComment&comment=5756948

I can copy/paste my response on KotS, which was updated per the request of KotS organizers in the CC Program.

Did the picture I posted not appear for you? I can copy/paste the KotS section of the referenced post instead.

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"The reasoning for CVs not being in Clan Battles is written above.

The reasoning for CVs not being in King of the Sea is because of a Player Vote. The KotS tournament was player-organized and previously included CVs. There was a podcast where an organizer described how after the Rework there were constant changes as CVs were being brought into line post-release and the competitive players believed CV to be too powerful to include in the tournament. The KotS organizers ran a poll and CVs were requested to be excluded. They made a decision that KotS would remain in the BB/CA/DD format, so that format remained.

WG did purchase King of the Sea but have not altered the rather successful format that existed when it was purchased."

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As to the above referenced "Not being in Clan Battles", the response was:

"CVs alter the way Clan Battles are played on a fundamental level. Ship-choice is altered due to AA and Spotting constraints. Also, deployments are scouted so there is more of a strategy based on grind/attrition as opposed to novelty and/or surprise. As such, you can expect to see Seasons with CVs and Seasons without CVs because of how the gameplay is altered with the addition/subtraction of a Ship Type.

We have stated CVs will return to Clan Battles, but we've kept them out so players can have other experiences as we tried out the Unique-ship restriction which was very popular and we're going to be see what Superships are chosen and how they are used in the coming Clan Battle season."

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My engagement with that thread resulted in some rather long replies. You can read them there: https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/255211-cvs-in-ranked/